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From: Ram Gopalaswamy (gopalram_at_erols.com)
Date: Sun Jul 12 1998 - 05:59:52 PDT
Sri.Madhavakkannan writes:
> 3. My Lord is the One who came as Govindhan, as Madhusoodhanan, as
> Narasimhan. Isn't He? Will I be blessed to worship Him everyday? Will I
> ever be blessed to have the darshan of His appearance on the GarudA and
> pay obeisance to Him? Not just that. Will I be able to go to
> ThiruvaaRanviLai and have His darshan? There at this Divyasthalam, all
> four vEdas are recited. There, at this sthalam, vedic scholars also
> perform five types of yaaghams and learn six a~ngas elaborately. (is it
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> Prapatti anghas that AzhwAr is talking about?). Even if I am blessed to
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> get darshan of Emperumaan's appearance on GarudA, I would still love to
> enjoy the anubhavam (experience) of joining with Srivaishnavas at this
> Divyasthalam (more than seeing just Emperumaan's Garuda sEvai). Will I
> get that?
The aa.lvaar might be implying that the ultimate objective of the
vedas is to teach total surrender (zaraNaagati) to Zriiman-naaraayaNa only.
[BTW, the six vedaangas are:
Ziksha - phonetic science
VyaakaraNa - grammar
Nirukti - context (conclusive meaning)
Cchandas - meter
Jyotisha - time science (astronomy & astrology)
Kalpa - rituals
]
.Ram.